A Huddersfield man will be sentenced later this month after he admitted causing serious injury to another motorist by dangerous driving.

Jamie Baldock, 22, of Turnshaw Road, Kirkburton had been due to stand trial at Bradford Crown Court following a collision in Ilkley last year.

But before a jury was sworn in he entered his guilty plea to the charge of causing serious injury to Paula Parker by dangerous driving.

At an earlier hearing Baldock had also admitted that he was over the drink-drive limit when his Toyota Urban Cruiser hit Mrs Parker’s vehicle on the A65 Coutances Way last April.

Recorder Gary Cook was told that Baldock had no previous convictions and his lawyer Nigel Jamieson asked for an adjournment of the case so that a pre-sentence report could be prepared on his client.

Baldock, who is currently the subject of an interim disqualification from driving, was granted bail until his sentence hearing on March 31.

Recorder Cook told him that he would receive some credit for his guilty plea even though it was at the last minute.

“It is a serious allegation that you have pleaded guilty to with serious implications for the victim,” noted the judge.

“She is still suffering quite dramatically from the effects of your driving.”

Recorder Cook warned Baldock that the adjournment for a report was no indication of the sentence and all options including custody would be available to the judge who deals with the case later this month.